Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others.
This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
Shy and proud men are more liable than any others to fall into the hands of parasites and creatures of low character. For in the intimacies which are formed by shy men, they do not choose, but are chosen.
I was being an artist, being sensitive and technical as artists are. I'm sure Leonardo Da Vinci did that. Artists don't always feel the same as others feel about their work.
We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.
The poet enjoys the incomparable privilege of being able to be himself and others, as he wishes.
True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.
Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
Again and again, Primo Levi's work is described as indispensable, essential, necessary. None of those terms overstate the case, but they do prepare readers new to Levi for a forbiddingly educative experience, making him a writer unlike all others and the experience of reading him a chore. Which it isn't.
You should tell yourself frequently 'I will only react to constructive suggestions.' This gives you positive ammunition against your own negative thoughts and those of others.
We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good of others.
With participation in politics so low at the moment I think Christians should ensure their views are represented at all levels and not leave it to others.
They say that it were great reproof to the king to take again what he has given, so that they will not suffer him to have his own good, nor land, nor forfeiture, nor any other good but they ask it from him, or else they take bribes of others to get it for him.
Others will always seek to define you based on what they think you represent or who they think you are. But you have to be the one to control what you do and what you say and how you present yourself.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
The World Bank and others have been converted to conditional cash transfers (CCT). These provide poor people with cash on condition they send their children to school and for medical treatment.
One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
I was initially very interested in public policy, but then after my masters at Harvard, I felt that it was important to get a better handle on the economics of it as well. I did my Ph.D. in macroeconomics, and my thesis - 'Why Is It That Some Countries Save And Others Not?' - was on savings.
Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger.
Others go to bed with their mistresses; I with my ideas.
That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
Acting is not that far from mental disease: An actor works on splitting his character into others. It is like a kind of schizophrenia.
The great times are when you put a game on location and see others play it for the first time. After all, we are really kind of an entertainer. You perform for the joy of the audience.
The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is alien to them, with others.
A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.
There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall.
The best way to avoid falling prey to the opinions of others is to realize that other people's opinions are just that - opinions. Regardless of how great or terrible they think you are, that's only their opinion. Your true self-worth comes from within.
If there's delight in love, 'Tis when I see that heart, which others bleed for, bleed for me.
The great thing that I appreciate - the fact that my godfather, William 'Sticky' Jackson, was a Tuskegee Airman because my father was first born in Ozark, Alabama. The sacrifices and the commitment of those men made it possible for myself and many others.
I'd like to say it is only average people who revel in the mistakes of others.
You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.
The happiest stutterers, I learned, are those who are willing to stutter in front of others.
The average European does not seem to feel free until he succeeds in enslaving and oppressing others.
